How to Turn 500-Page Textbooks Into Active Recall QBanks — Fast

The problem isn't motivation — it's method. Most students default to re-reading and highlighting, which feel productive but barely move the needle on retention. Active recall — the act of forcing your brain to retrieve information — is proven to boost exam scores by up to 50%. Lorea makes it effortless: upload your PDF and generate multiple choice questions, get concise summaries, or create a full mock exam — all from the same PDF.

Step 1: Upload Your Textbook PDF

Export or download the relevant chapters as a PDF. Don't worry about formatting — Lorea's AI handles scanned textbooks, dense academic papers, and multi-column layouts. Drag the file onto the upload area and you're done.

Step 2: AI Generates Your QBank in Seconds

Within 30 seconds, Lorea analyzes the entire document and creates a question bank with multiple choice questions, short-answer prompts, and interactive game-based challenges. Each question targets a key concept, definition, or process from the text — no filler, no fluff.

The AI also generates plausible distractors (wrong answers that look right), which is what separates a useful MCQ from a trivial one. This forces deeper processing and stronger memory encoding.

Step 3: Study With Active Recall, Not Passive Reading

Now you have a QBank built from your actual exam material. Work through the questions. Get instant feedback. Review explanations for anything you got wrong. Repeat the sections where you scored lowest.

This cycle of test → feedback → review is the core loop behind every high-scoring student's strategy. Lorea just removes the hours of manual preparation.

Why This Works: The Science Behind Active Recall

A landmark study by Roediger & Butler (2011) found that students who practiced retrieval retained 80% of material after one week, compared to just 36% for those who only re-read. The testing effect is real, it's powerful, and it's criminally underused.

Lorea amplifies this by offering diverse question formats. Multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, scenario-based — each type engages a different cognitive pathway, which strengthens the overall memory trace.

Real Student Results

• Medical student, Berlin: “I uploaded 400 pages of pathology and had a QBank in 20 seconds. Scored 92% on the exam.”
• Law student, London: “I used to spend 3 hours making flashcards. Now I just upload the PDF and study.”
• CS student, Riyadh: “The AI-generated questions were harder than my professor's. That's exactly what I needed.”

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